Who is Patrick Kielty?

Patrick Kielty started off his post-university life as a stand-up comedian.

When he left Queen's University in Belfast, Patrick Kielty started his own comedy club, called Comedy Club at the Empire, and, according to an article in the Telegraph, he set it up "because I wanted to be a comedian, and there was nowhere else for me to play".

Patrick Kielty's father's was shot dead by Unionist paramilitaries, who believed him to be a high-ranking member of the IRA, which has subsequently been rejected by Sinn Fein sources.

Patrick Kielty was born in 1971 in County Down, Northern Ireland. He is an experienced TV presenter. Not only did he co-present 2005's Love Island, he also hosted several series of his own chat show, Patrick Kielty Almost Live on the BBC.